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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Kinda sad that so many delicate snowflakes can't handle hearing this sort of thing. Calling these remarks anti-Semitic seems like a mis-use of the term, and an ad hominem effort to delegitimize views one doesn't like.
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Ahhh, the mother of all third rails: Criticizing Israel.
I read his comments. Agreed. There is 000.0% anti-semitism there. Unless you apply the bizarre rule that to argue the Palestinian side is to automatically place yourself with anti-semites. If that's the case, if that political correctness applies, then every news story on the tensions between the Palestinians and Israelis must always take the Israeli side.
I had a professor once who referred to portions of Israel as "Occupied Palestine," out loud. This view was backed up with many solid arguments. One could agree or disagree with them, but one could never dismiss them as inappropriate for debate. They'd beat any 12(b)(6) and provide for an excellent summary judgment battle.
But isn't the aim of our current correctness to succeed in saturating the public with "approved narratives" by avoiding summary judgment, or trial, on these arguments? Isn't the whole point to kill the uncomfortable debates before they can be considered because if considered, the debate might go in a direction that the forces wishing to craft consensus don't want it to go?
Isn't that what's caused people to distrust almost all official sources of information? Amazingly, somehow, as dumb as the common man seems, he retains a strong bullshit detector. He spots the procedural dodge, the argument avoidance.
...If only he'd then decide to think for himself, to examine each issue in greater depth, rather than looking at both sides' bullshit and deciding, "I like Red Bullshit, so I shall join the Red Bullshit Club, and hate the Blue Bullshit Club."
Maybe he has no choice.
On Tumblr, I am too upset to comment. My universe is turned upside down, my faith in man all but destroyed.
